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Young The Giant, Animal Collective, Neko Case, The Head and the Heart, Diplo, Fred Armisen, Superchunk, Big Gigantic, Deerhunter, Charles Bradley, Shuggie Otis, The Joy Formidable and More Confirmed for MusicFestNW

Young The Giant, Animal Collective, Neko Case, The Head and the Heart, Diplo, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Fred Armisen, Superchunk and Big Gigantic are among the acts to appear at the MusicfestNW 2013. The 13th annual festival will take place at Portland, OR’s Pioneer Courthouse Square and a variety of surrounding venues from September 3-8. Those venues include: Crystal Ballroom, Wonder Ballroom, Roseland Theater and Aladdin Theater. The festival’s lineup also includes: Deerhunter, Charles Bradley, Shuggie Otis, The Joy Formidable, CHVRCHES, Joey Bada$$, Icona Pop, Flume, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Unknown Mortal Orchestra, among others.

MusicfestNW will also host TechFestNW, the interactive conference that coincides with the week-long music festival. Portland has a rich and underrated tech scene. The event, held September 6-8, will focus on individuals who exemplify an attention to detail, creativity, and the craft of building compelling experiences. Among the confirmed speakers are: Scott Kveton, CEO of Urban Airship; Michelle Rowley, founder of CodeScouts; Ward Cunningham, inventor of the wiki; Joe Stump, former lead architect at Digg; Jessica Zollman, community manager at Instagram; James Keller, director of mobile UX at WalmartLabs and Alex Payne, former engineer at Twitter and CTO at Simple.